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Do findings of two new polls show the path where America is headed?‍

With the issuance of two re-cent Gallup polls on Americans’ belief in God and their views on morality, one could come to the conclusion that the United States could be in a heap of trouble. One poll, issued June 15, found a record rating: Fully half of the survey’s respondents said they believe

In Pope’s native land, bishops say people are ‘starving’ in body and spirit

As Pope Francis’s native Argentina finds itself on the brink of hyperinflation and led by a president and vice president in a public dispute, the country’s bi-shops say the people are “starving,” hungry both in body and spirit. “Today our homeland is a hungry, bewildered, worried and wounded people. Many families lack daily bread and […]

Pope to Ukrainian Bishops: ‘Stay close to your flock’

Pope Francis has urged the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishops to be shepherds of their flock and to be close to the faithful entrusted to their care, giving them courage and hope. The Ukrainian Bishops are holding their annual Synod to discuss the theme of synodality in their Church. The meeting, running from 7-15 July, had […]

European bishops hit back against resolution on abortion

Europe’s top body of bishops has condemned the European Parliament’s favourable vote Thursday, July 7, on a resolution calling for access to abortion to be included in the E.U. Charter of Fundamental Rights. The resolution, titled, “European Parliament resolution on the US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the […]

Webb telescope images feed the mind and spirit, Jesuit astronomer says

The Jesuits at the Vatican Observatory were wowed like most people by the beauty of the photos from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, but the director said they also are excited by the scientific information the telescope will reveal. “Such images are a necessary food for the human spirit — we do not live by […]

Pope Francis says becoming pope made him less rigid and more merciful

Pope Francis said the goals he has achieved in more than nine years as pope were simply the fruit of the ideas discussed by the College of Cardinals prior to his election. In an interview with Argentine news agency Télam published July 1, the pope said that objectives, such as the reform of the Roman […]